Mending-patch.



E. A. & A. T. STROUT. MENDING PATCH.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. 99999 4.

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EDWIN A. STBOUT AND ADELE T; STROUT, OF NEW YbRK, N. Y.

ME'NDING-PATCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

Application filed February 9, 1914. Serial No. 817,509.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWIN A. STRoU'r and ADELE T. S'rnoUT, citizens of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of N ew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mending-Patches, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawm 'Ihis invention relates to improvements in mending patches, and has for'its particular object the provision of a darning patch, as an article of manufacture, said patch supporting its title not only in the sense that it is a substitute for the ordinary darning process, but also in the sense that 1t has means in itself enabling the darnmg of the patch to a stocking or other impaired article to present smooth, soft surfaces to the body, presented directly against the mended place.

Our present improvements we belleve will be particularly useful in connection with stockings, especially in the instance of childrens foot wear, as in the mending of what might 'be considered the proverbial large holes at the knee, toe or heel of the stocking, in connection with which a vast amount of ordinary darning is necessary, or in lieu thereof a patch of some sort must be used.

Heretofore in the use of patches, the same have been usually inserted on the inside of the fabric below the impaired part, presenting relatively hard or well defined thicknesses or edges against the foot and it is the object of the present improvements to furnish a darning patch having a body portion to which the frayed or raw edge of the stocking or other article. surrounding the hole, may be darned, in a way that the body of the patch will underlie the impaired part, as stated, and said patch having loose or free threads entirely surrounding the same and adapted to be darned to the under side of the normally or unimpaired portion of the stocking surrounding the hole therein. The loose, free threads present asoft, but eflicient means of fastening, devoid of substantial thickness, edges, etc., which will render the mended part practi cally unnoticeable to the wearer.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention the same comprises a central or body portion made of a soft woven material, such as cotton or merino, in any suitable color or shade, for example the conventional I colors black, tan and white, from which body portion for a substantial distance entirely surrounding the same, free warp and weft threads project, the warp threads being at directly opposite edges of the patch and the weft threads at right angles thereto at the other opposite edges of the patch. The

threads are of length found most suitable for the particular uses to which the patch is to be put, but we have found that threads or fibers in length about half the width of the patch is a suitable proportion.

Obviously the patches willbe made in varying, standard sizes, from say threefourths of an inch to three inch squares.

In the accompanying drawings forming part hereof we have illustrated the above referred to convenient embodiment of the invention, and upon an inspection thereof together with the detailed description hereinafter contained, the, subject matter under consideration will be clear.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa darning patch made in keeping with the present improvements: Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the same; Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the application of the darning patch to a stocking, Fig. 4 is an elevation of one method of forming the patches, and Fig. 5 is an elevation, parts being broken away showing the back of an applied patch.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, wherein like reference letters refer to the same parts in the several views, and first with reference to the first three figures, A represents the central or body portion of the patch which is of any suitable material, such as a woven cotton or merino or other textile hole being darned to the body A ofthe patch,

as indicated at a, and the free marginal threads or fibers B surrounding the patch being darned to the under surface of the article at its unimpaired or normal marginal portion surrounding the hole, as indicatedat b. In this manner the loose threads or strands constituting, as they do, the immediate Connecting or fastening means for the patch, will present to the flesh of the user a smooth, soft surface, devoid of any of the objections usually attending the use of an ordinary rough edge patch, and resulting in the saving of a great amount of time in the darning of stockings and the like by the use -.of the present patch, as compared to the complete darning of the entire impaired part by the usual old fashioned, or mothers darning method, so to speak. a I

Our improved patch may be formed individually after any method found expedient, but a convenient and practical manner of producing the patches has been found to be' the Weaving of the same into a Web presenting strips of the patches represented at C,

- .Fig. 4, with the intermediate loose free fibers or threads I) connected together and adapted to be severed along lines indicated at cl to cut out and free the individual patches, here represented at E.

While We have'here'in disclosed one embodiment of the invention, it will be apparent to persons skilled in'the art that other embodiments may be resorted to to meet special conditions surrounding the use of a patch of this kind, all as may be Within the scope of the hereto appended claim.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

A darning patch of the character described comprising a central body portion of woven material surrounded by free threads constituted by loose extensions of the Warp and weft fibers, substantially asand for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we hereunto al'liX our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN A. STBOUT. ADELE T. STROUT. Witnesses:

HELEN K. QUINN, MARGRET ACKERMAN. 

